There is some disagreement on what was King Kelly's most productive season. Some believe that it was 1886, when he stole 53 bases, hit for a .388 average and knocked in 79 runs. However, others believe that it was 1887, when he stole 84 bases, hit for a .322 average and knocked in 63 runs.

Statistics

Batting Stats

Year

Team

G

AB

R

H

HR

RBI

AVG

OBP

SLG

2B

3B

BB

SO

HBP

SH

SB

IBB

GDP

1878

CIN

N

60

237

29

67

0

27

.283

.303

.321

7

1

7

7

0

0

0

0

0

1879

CIN

N

77

345

78

120

2

47

.348

.363

.493

20

12

8

14

0

0

0

0

0

1880

CHI

N

84

344

72

100

1

60

.291

.315

.401

17

9

12

22

0

0

0

0

0

1881

CHI

N

82

353

84

114

2

55

.323

.352

.433

27

3

16

14

0

0

0

0

0

1882

CHI

N

84

377

81

115

1

55

.305

.323

.432

37

4

10

27

0

0

0

0

0

1883

CHI

N

98

428

92

109

3

61

.255

.282

.388

28

10

16

35

0

0

0

0

0

1884

CHI

N

108

452

120

160

13

95

.354

.414

.524

28

5

46

24

0

0

0

0

0

1885

CHI

N

107

438

124

126

9

75

.288

.355

.436

24

7

46

24

0

0

0

0

0

1886

CHI

N

118

451

155

175

4

79

.388

.483

.534

32

11

83

33

0

0

53

0

0

1887

BOS

N

116

484

120

156

8

63

.322

.393

.488

34

11

55

40

1

0

84

0

0

1888

BOS

N

107

440

85

140

9

71

.318

.368

.480

22

11

31

39

4

0

56

0

0

1889

BOS

N

125

507

120

149

9

78

.294

.376

.448

41

5

65

40

2

0

68

0

0

1890

BOS

P

89

340

83

111

4

66

.326

.419

.450

18

6

52

22

2

0

51

0

0

1891

CIN

a

82

283

56

84

1

53

.297

.408

.410

15

7

51

28

2

0

22

0

0

1891

BOS

N

16

52

7

12

0

5

.231

.322

.250

1

0

6

10

1

0

6

0

0

1891

BOS

a

4

15

2

4

1

4

.267

.267

.467

0

0

0

2

0

0

1

0

0

1891

Total

102

350

65

100

2

62

.286

.390

.389

16

7

57

40

3

0

29

0

0

1891

TOT

a

86

298

58

88

2

57

.295

.402

.413

15

7

51

30

2

0

23

0

0

1892

BOS

N

78

281

40

53

2

41

.189

.287

.235

7

0

39

32

0

0

24

0

0

1893

NY

N

20

67

9

18

0

15

.269

.329

.284

1

0

6

5

0

0

3

0

0

Total

PL

89

340

83

111

4

66

.326

.419

.450

18

6

52

22

2

0

51

0

0

Total

NL

1280

5256

1216

1614

63

827

.307

.362

.439

326

89

446

366

8

0

294

0

0

Total

AA

86

298

58

88

2

57

.295

.402

.413

15

7

51

30

2

0

23

0

0

Total

1455

5894

1357

1813

69

950

.308

.368

.438

359

102

549

418

12

0

368

0

0

Fielding Stats

Year

Team

POS

G

GS

INN

PO

A

ERR

DP

TP

PB

SB

CS

PkO

AVG

1878

CIN

N

OF

47

0

0

51

24

23

2

0

0

0

0

0

.765

1878

CIN

N

C

17

0

0

99

39

20

3

0

14

0

0

0

.873

1878

CIN

N

3B

2

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1879

CIN

N

3B

33

0

0

36

88

25

3

0

0

0

0

0

.832

1879

CIN

N

2B

1

0

0

0

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.667

1879

CIN

N

OF

29

0

0

46

13

20

0

0

0

0

0

0

.747

1879

CIN

N

C

21

0

0

82

36

12

1

0

37

0

0

0

.908

1880

CHI

N

3B

14

0

0

22

20

7

0

0

0

0

0

0

.857

1880

CHI

N

SS

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1880

CHI

N

OF

64

0

0

49

32

23

1

0

0

0

0

0

.779

1880

CHI

N

P

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1880

CHI

N

C

17

0

0

40

15

12

2

0

23

0

0

0

.821

1880

CHI

N

2B

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1881

CHI

N

C

11

0

0

28

9

10

1

0

9

0

0

0

.787

1881

CHI

N

3B

8

0

0

8

12

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.952

1881

CHI

N

OF

72

0

0

85

31

22

2

0

0

0

0

0

.841

1882

CHI

N

OF

38

0

0

50

21

9

3

0

0

0

0

0

.887

1882

CHI

N

1B

1

0

0

3

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.714

1882

CHI

N

C

12

0

0

13

3

4

0

0

4

0

0

0

.800

1882

CHI

N

SS

42

0

0

66

117

43

9

0

0

0

0

0

.810

1882

CHI

N

3B

3

0

0

1

6

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.875

1883

CHI

N

2B

3

0

0

6

11

8

0

0

0

0

0

0

.680

1883

CHI

N

OF

82

0

0

101

38

32

5

0

0

0

0

0

.813

1883

CHI

N

3B

2

0

0

3

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.778

1883

CHI

N

C

38

0

0

73

37

21

2

0

28

0

0

0

.840

1883

CHI

N

P

1

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1884

CHI

N

OF

63

0

0

69

31

26

1

0

0

0

0

0

.794

1884

CHI

N

3B

10

0

0

12

16

8

2

0

0

0

0

0

.778

1884

CHI

N

2B

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1884

CHI

N

C

28

0

0

105

55

32

3

0

32

0

0

0

.833

1884

CHI

N

P

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1884

CHI

N

SS

12

0

0

7

37

18

3

0

0

0

0

0

.710

1884

CHI

N

1B

2

0

0

8

2

2

1

0

0

0

0

0

.833

1885

CHI

N

2B

6

0

0

7

15

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

.880

1885

CHI

N

OF

69

0

0

95

29

19

2

0

0

0

0

0

.867

1885

CHI

N

3B

2

0

0

2

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

.625

1885

CHI

N

C

37

0

0

146

64

30

2

0

36

0

0

0

.875

1885

CHI

N

1B

2

0

0

9

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

.769

1886

CHI

N

OF

56

0

0

62

24

20

1

0

0

0

0

0

.811

1886

CHI

N

3B

8

0

0

8

6

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

.824

1886

CHI

N

C

53

0

0

259

94

28

3

0

46

0

0

0

.927

1886

CHI

N

2B

6

0

0

14

12

5

4

0

0

0

0

0

.839

1886

CHI

N

1B

9

0

0

41

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.957

1886

CHI

N

SS

5

0

0

3

1

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

.800

1887

BOS

N

C

24

0

0

80

35

15

3

0

21

0

0

0

.885

1887

BOS

N

3B

2

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.500

1887

BOS

N

OF

61

0

0

78

11

15

2

0

0

0

0

0

.856

1887

BOS

N

P

3

0

0

0

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.667

1887

BOS

N

2B

30

0

0

88

105

35

19

0

0

0

0

0

.846

1887

BOS

N

SS

2

0

0

5

7

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

.800

1888

BOS

N

C

76

0

0

367

146

54

8

0

54

0

0

0

.905

1888

BOS

N

OF

34

0

0

28

4

12

2

0

0

0

0

0

.727

1889

BOS

N

OF

113

0

0

155

24

32

4

0

0

0

0

0

.848

1889

BOS

N

C

23

0

0

56

29

12

2

0

13

0

0

0

.876

1890

BOS

P

SS

27

0

0

43

75

27

6

0

0

0

0

0

.814

1890

BOS

P

3B

2

0

0

2

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.833

1890

BOS

P

OF

6

0

0

13

2

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1890

BOS

P

P

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1890

BOS

P

C

56

0

0

198

60

24

2

0

20

0

0

0

.915

1890

BOS

P

1B

4

0

0

18

5

3

3

0

0

0

0

0

.885

1891

CIN

a

3B

8

0

0

11

18

4

2

0

0

0

0

0

.879

1891

CIN

a

1B

5

0

0

27

0

4

1

0

0

0

0

0

.871

1891

CIN

a

OF

7

0

0

8

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.900

1891

CIN

a

P

3

0

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1891

CIN

a

C

66

0

0

217

102

34

11

0

22

0

0

0

.904

1891

CIN

a

2B

6

0

0

7

12

0

3

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1891

CIN

a

SS

1

0

0

4

6

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

1.000

1891

BOS

N

C

11

0

0

44

10

10

2

0

5

0

0

0

.844

1891

BOS

N

OF

6

0

0

2

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.500

1891

BOS

a

C

4

0

0

16

3

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.950

1891

Total

RF

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1891

Total

C

81

0

0

277

115

45

13

0

27

0

0

0

.897

1891

Total

OF

13

0

0

10

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

0

.786

1891

TOT

a

C

70

0

0

233

105

35

11

0

22

0

0

0

.906

1892

BOS

N

C

72

0

0

319

98

40

11

0

34

0

0

0

.912

1892

BOS

N

OF

2

0

0

0

0

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1892

BOS

N

3B

2

0

0

2

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.714

1892

BOS

N

P

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1892

BOS

N

1B

2

0

0

19

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

.864

1893

NY

N

OF

1

0

0

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

0

.000

1893

NY

N

C

17

0

0

55

22

9

1

0

19

0

0

0

.895

Total

2B

54

0

0

122

158

52

27

0

0

0

0

0

.843

Total

OF

750

0

0

892

285

259

26

0

0

0

0

0

.820

Total

3B

96

0

0

108

182

59

9

0

0

0

0

0

.831

Total

P

12

0

0

0

10

2

0

0

0

0

0

0

.833

Total

1B

25

0

0

125

14

19

7

0

0

0

0

0

.880

Total

C

583

0

0

2197

857

368

57

0

417

0

0

0

.892

Total

SS

90

0

0

128

243

92

19

0

0

0

0

0

.801

Pitching Stats

Year

Team

G

GS

W

L

ERA

K

R

ER

CG

SHO

SV

IP

H

HR

BB

IB

WP

HBP

1880

CHI

N

1

0

0

0

.00

1

2

0

0

0

0

3

3

0

1

0

0

0

1883

CHI

N

1

0

0

0

.00

0

0

0

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

1884

CHI

N

2

0

0

1

8.44

1

11

5

0

0

0

5.1

12

2

2

0

2

0

1887

BOS

N

3

0

1

0

3.46

0

16

5

0

0

0

13

17

1

14

0

5

0

1890

BOS

P

1

0

1

0

4.50

2

1

1

0

0

0

2

1

0

2

0

0

0

1891

CIN

a

3

0

0

1

5.28

0

15

9

0

0

0

15.1

21

2

7

0

0

0

1892

BOS

N

1

0

0

0

1.50

0

4

1

0

0

0

6

8

0

4

0

0

0

Total

PL

1

0

1

0

4.50

2

1

1

0

0

0

2

1

0

2

0

0

0

Total

NL

8

0

1

1

3.49

2

33

11

0

0

0

28.1

41

3

21

0

7

0

Total

AA

3

0

0

1

5.28

0

15

9

0

0

0

15.1

21

2

7

0

0

0

Total

12

0

2

2

4.14

4

49

21

0

0

0

45.2

63

5

30

0

7

0

Transactions

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cincinnati Reds (1878).

Signed by Chicago White Stockings (December, 1879).

Sold by Chicago White Stockings to Boston Beaneaters for $10000 (February 14, 1887).